Pleasant J Steffey b 1838 Smyth Co VA d 13 Sept 1864 Point Lookout MD; military service, Co E and A, 22nd VA Cavalry, CSA, taken prisoner of war at Point Lookout MD, died of dysentery. Pleasant J Steffey m. 2 Jun 1858 Scott Co VA to Mary Ann Nickels b MAR 1840 Scott Co, VA; d/o James Nickels and Serena Jaynes. Children of Pleasant J Steffey and Mary Ann Nickels;

1. James Jefferson Steffey b 30 Jan 1857 Wise Co VA; m. 1880 VA to Hannah Gilliam b 1861 Wise Co VA d 1937; buried Stallard Cemetery, Wise Co VA

2. Anna Steffey b about 1860

3. Melvina Steffey b about 1862